Basic Concepts of Social Sustainability #6 Title: “Back to the Basics” Survival presents us with the immediate contention of life now, the potential of death within this day or the next. Existence presents us with the necessity of assuring our survival over a period of time with death still being a constant reminder in our daily activities. Maintenance presents us with the necessity of assuring our existence is maintained into an indefinite future. And this is the place where most people and their communities and societies exist — in an indefinite future. As a society moves toward social sustainability it has begun the process of assuring it has a definite and stable future. Understanding social sustainability begins with its fundamentals: Sustain: To lengthen or extend in duration. Sustainable: Capable of being sustained. Sustainability: The ability to sustain. Social Sustainability: The ability of a society to sustain itself indefinitely…, for 5 years, 50 years, 250 years, 500 years and more. Material Sustainability — ● Is quantity-object based. ● The resource for material sustainability is the material environment – Natural resources: Petroleum, trees, water, air, arable land, mineral resources, etc. ● Material sustainability is improved by: 1) increasing the quantity available; and 2) decreasing usage, reusing and recycling. Social Sustainability — ● Is quality-value based. ● The resource for social sustainability is the social environment – People – Individuals, families, communities — millions of us! ● Social sustainability is improved by: Improving the quality of people to participate effectively in social sustainability; which increases their value to their family, community, society and global civilization. Social sustainability is improved by two efforts: Improving the quality of people to participate effectively in social sustainability, and improving the quality of their participation, which increases their value to their family, community and society; and secondly, by incorporating the three core values of social sustainability into the organizations of their societies. Tomorrow’s Topic: “Quality and Quantity, #7” © Copyright Daniel Raphael USA 2014. This article may be copied without revisions, additions or deletions. ##
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